The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 80 84 68
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -16
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 6 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.719% 0.543% 0.481%
As % of the System Software category 3.704% 5.682% 6.122%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 3
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
162 88 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 19.42% 9.565% 7.853%
Number of salaries quoted 152 88 43
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £23,000 £23,100
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware ESX
Hampshire

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Southampton VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the Southampton region.

Southampton VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region citing VMware ESX also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited VMware ESX.

1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (66.67%) UNIX
3 5 (55.56%) Windows
3 5 (55.56%) Linux
3 5 (55.56%) DNS
3 5 (55.56%) Citrix
4 4 (44.44%) IIS
4 4 (44.44%) XenServer
5 3 (33.33%) Postfix
5 3 (33.33%) vSphere
5 3 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) MySQL
5 3 (33.33%) Apache
5 3 (33.33%) SMTP
5 3 (33.33%) FTP
5 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (33.33%) TELNET
5 3 (33.33%) SSH
5 3 (33.33%) Migration
5 3 (33.33%) Load Balancing
5 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
6 2 (22.22%) VMware Server
6 2 (22.22%) WSUS
6 2 (22.22%) Service Management

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region citing VMware ESX also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited VMware ESX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) IIS
2 3 (33.33%) Apache
3 1 (11.11%) nginx
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) DNS
2 3 (33.33%) SMTP
2 3 (33.33%) FTP
2 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 3 (33.33%) TELNET
2 3 (33.33%) SSH
3 2 (22.22%) Firewall
3 2 (22.22%) DMZ
3 2 (22.22%) DHCP
3 2 (22.22%) LAN
3 2 (22.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) MySQL
General
1 2 (22.22%) Back Office
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Systems Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Citrix Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Technical Account Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Technical Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Account Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Support
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Support Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Linux Support
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Open Source
2 1 (11.11%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) UNIX
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
5 1 (11.11%) Solaris
5 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
1 3 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
2 2 (22.22%) Service Management
2 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CCAA
1 1 (11.11%) MCSE
1 1 (11.11%) CCA
1 1 (11.11%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (11.11%) MCITP
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) XenServer
2 3 (33.33%) Postfix
2 3 (33.33%) vSphere
2 3 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (22.22%) VMware Server
3 2 (22.22%) XenDesktop
3 2 (22.22%) XenApp
4 1 (11.11%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (55.56%) Citrix
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) EMC
Southampton, Hampshire
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